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M&M; candies reports that the plain M&Ms; are manufactured with 30% brown, 20% r

ID: 3203411 • Letter: M

Question

M&M; candies reports that the plain M&Ms; are manufactured with 30% brown, 20% red, 20% yellow, 10% orange, 10% blue, and 10% green candies, below are 3 graphs. One graph represents the colors of individual M&Ms; for the population of all M&M; candies, one represents the colors in a sample of 20 candies, and one represents the sampling distribution of the proportion of brown candies in 500 samples of size 50. You should not assume the vertical or horizontal scales are the same. Match each graph to the appropriate description. Which graph represents the distribution of colors of individual M&Ms; for the population of all M&M; candies? Which graph represents the colors in a sample of 20 candies? Which graph represents the sampling distribution of the proportion of brown candies in 500 samples of size 50?

Explanation / Answer

Following are the answers to the three questions

18. B. graph (b)

19. C. graph(c)

20. A. Graph a)